5th AOHUPO
Congress

Proteome-SKY

14th ADNATConvention & 1st
PSI Conference

The China State Key laboratory ofProteomics (Proteome-SKY) has beenlaunched by Beijing Proteome ResearchCenter (BPRC) for two years and officiallyapproved by the Ministry of Science andTechnology on June 23rd, 2009. Prof.
Fuchu He and Prof. Boqin Qiang wererespectively appointed as its director andits chair of the academic committee.
Proteome-SKY is the first and only
National Laboratory in proteomics field in
China so far. Its missions are to establish
an internationally advanced level ofproteomics, functional genomics andbioinformatics,"three-dimensionalintegrated" system of proteomic scienceand technology, and to build the twoprofiles (expression & modification), andtwo maps (interaction & localization) of
the liver proteome as the main line ofscientific objectives. Using human liver,blood and nervous system as the main
resources, the laboratory are dedicated toexplore the functional network and featureof those critical proteins or/and theirassemblies
indifferent
biologicalprocesses, to investigate the underlying
mechanisms of their roles in thedevelopment of human body andpathogenesis of mankind diseases, andespecially, tovalidate and develop those
proteins as diagnostic, pharmaceutical ortherapeutic targets.
The Proteome-SKY has set up 9 research
departments,
includingProteomeExpression
ProfilingandProtein
Modification Profiling, Protein-Protein
Interaction Mapping, Protein Localization
Mapping, Functional Proteomics andGenomics, Brain and Nervous System
Proteomics, Animal Model for Proteomics,
Protein and Antibody Engineering,
Proteomic Techniques and Bioinformatics.

February 2010
Hyderabad, India
INSIDE THIS ISSUE

Proteome Sky

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PSI

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HUPO Postcard

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AOHUO Conference

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JHUPO Conference

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AOHUPO Member

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APS Symposium5Upcoming Events

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Asian Oceania Human
Proteome Organisationwww.aohupo.org

China State Key Laboratory of Proteomics has been officially approvedby central government
The laboratory has recruited 79
faculties and 181 research fellows,
visiting scholars, post-doctorates
and graduate students.
During the past two years ofconstructing phase, the ProteomeSKY has published 106 peerreviewed papers in high-impact
journals,
includingNatureImmunology, Nature Cell Biology,
Nature Methods, Nature Genetics,
Nature Biotechnology, Nature
Protocol, PNAS, EMBO Journal,
Gastroenterology,
Hepatology,
Molecular and Cellular Proteomics,
Journal of Proteome Research,Proteomics, Bioinformatics, andreceived 4 national and municipal
scientific achievement awards andauthorized 13 patents.
The Proteome-SKY will further
focus on its research directions, pay
more attention to the composition
andfunctional
network
ofphysiological and pathologicalProteins in human liver, blood andbrain, development of system
biology based on proteomics andnovel technologies and methods forproteomic study, and provide
powerful support for proteomicsrelated studies for domestic andoversea scientists by collaborationor service.
Add: No.33, Life Science Park
Road, Changping District, Beijing,
China
P.C: 102206
Tel: 8610-80705115
Fax: 8610-80705155
Website: www.bprc.ac.cn/English
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About Proteomics Society – India
There are a number of investigators engaged in Protein
research in India. However, Mass spectrometry-based
Proteomics activities and efforts in the country evolved
around the turn of the century. The first Proteomics
Conference held at the Centre for Cellular and Molecular
Biology (CCMB), Hyderabad in 2003 was attended bystudents and scientists most of whom were still initial
learners in Proteomics. A meeting in February, 2008 on
Current Trends in Proteomics held at CCMB, Hyderabad
was attended by close to 200 investigators and students,
and all of them were already involved in Proteomics
projects. The Proteomics activities and the critical massof investigators have thus gradually grown in thecountry. Meetings and interactions are going to beimportant for the group to build its capability further.
The Proteomics group that had assembled at theFebruary 2008 meeting underscored the philosophy ofcooperation, collaboration, and education among thefraternity. To facilitate these objectives, a Forum of theIndian proteomics scientists was structured anddeveloped as Proteomics Society - India (PSI).
The aims and objectives of the Society are to promote
education and research in Proteomics by organizing
special lecture series, theme workshops, discussions,and facilitating collaborative efforts at various levels.
The News Letters of the Society will serve as aplatform for technical notes, meeting reports,
international proteomics news, and more. The Society
enjoys support from the Proteomics scientists, academicorganizations as well as Corporates.
The Society is formally initiating its activity with a
Seminar Series (Proteomics and Bioseparations), at
Vellore Institute of Technology (University), Vellore,India, in Sept 2009.
Indian Society of Mass
Spectrometry (ISMS) will be organizing a 2 Day
workshop in collaboration with PSI, in Nov 2009. The
first News Letter of the Society is planned forNovember, 2009. The 1st PSI International Conference
will be jointly held along with the 5th AOHUPO
Congress in February 2010.

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2010 JHUPO Conference Features New Technologies of Large-scale Protein Analysis
The rapid advancement of biotechnology in recentyears has led to changes in methods of protein analysis
and enabled the elucidation of various findings that
could not be achieved with previous techniques. The
study of proteomes, which form the basis of biologicalphenomena, is expected to advance the understandingof the pathology of various diseases at the molecularlevel and to thereby lead to the discovery of diseaserelated biomarkers that enable early diagnosis as wellas prediction of drug efficacy, side effects, andprognosis. Proteome research may also contribute to
the development of new molecular target therapy.
The Japan Human Proteome Organization (JHUPO)
holds a conference each year. In July 2009 the JHUPO
welcomed a large number of participants to its 7thConference. Its 8th Conference will be held as a joint
conference with the Japan Society for ClinicalProteomics (JSCP), which consists primarily ofclinicians, on July 26 (Mon) and 27 (Tue), 2010 at theTokyo Bay Hotel Tokyu (Urayasu-shi, Chiba, Japan).
The 8th Conference will bring together researchers
throughout Japan who are involved in proteomeresearch, in fields from the basics of protein science toits various applications, as well as participants fromrelated corporations.

Participants will have the opportunity to engage inpresentations and discussions on the latest technology
and research findings. In addition, symposiums andeducational lectures are scheduled to be held byprominent researchers from Japan and abroad. Inaddition, because the Conference will be jointly heldwith the JSCP, even deeper discussions are expected tobe held on the clinical application of proteome research.
As the venue is located adjacent to Tokyo Disney
Resort, and the Conference will conveniently be held
during the summer holidays, participants are invited tobring their families with them.
Tesshi Yamada (Chief, Chemotherapy Division,National Cancer Center Research Institute), Conference
Committee Chair for the 8th JHUPO Conference/6th
Annual Meeting of JSCP Joint Conference
Photo: Rapid protein profiling by high-density tissue
microarray

UPCOMING EVENTSFebruary2010

The 15th Anuual Proteomics Symposium, 4th – 7th February, 2010
Mantra Erskine Beach Resort, Australia,
5th AOHUPO Congress, 14th ADNAT Convention & 1st PSI Conference
New Perspectives in Proteome Research, 21st-25th February, 2010
Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB), Hyderabad, India

May 2010

The 3th Iranian Proteomics Congress, 26 – 27 May 2010, Pasteur Institute, Tehran, IranJuly2010

Joint Conference of the 8th JHUPO and the 6th Annual Meeting of JSCP
26th – 27th July, 2010, Chiba, Japan

September 2010

9th Annual World Congress of HUPO, 19-23 September 2010, Sydney - Australia

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AOHUPO council members (01-01-2010)

Any material submitted will be subject to approval by the AOHUPO
Executive Committee and the Publications Committee
AOHUPO EC members:President : Young-Ki Paik (South Korea)(paikyk@yonsei.ac.kr)
Past President : Richard Simpson (Australia) (Richard.Simpson@ludwig.edu.au)
Vice President : Kazuyuki Nakamura (Japan)(nakamura@yamaguchi-u.ac.jp)
Vice President : Fuchu He (China)(hefc@bmi.ac.cn)
Secretary General: Maxey C.M. Chung (Singapore)(bchcm@nus.edu.sg )Director of Membrane Protein Initiative (MPI):
Bill Jordan (New Zealand)(Bill.Jordan@vuw.ac.nz)

If you wish to contribute news, noticesof events, or any other items, pleasefeel free to forward it to AOHUPO
Newsletter Office:Iranian Proteomics Society
P.O. Box (31535- 1897), Karaj, Iran.
Telfax : +98-261-2702893
Email: h_salekdeh@abrii.ac.ir
Newsletter Editor :Ghasem Hosseini Salekdeh (Iran)Page 5